La Mujer Arbol

Our Lady

Rough week, like running a marathon with a pebble in my shoe while carrying a squalling piglet. You get the idea … So, what better way to end it than with some photos of one of my favorite sights: the painted tree lady in Jesús Maya’s garden. Paul and I drove by on Sunday and since Maya was in the front yard we stopped in. Our Lady had obviously been freshened up recently, her arms ending in freshly trimmed cones, her face sharper, more defined  …

Stoic, stylish

Our Lady’s jewelry and bodice seem equally refreshed; modest, but still stylish … Maya told me he didn’t remember exactly when he created the lady in the tree, but that he thought it had been 15 years now. Who wouldn’t need a touch-up after stoically standing out in the elements that length of time?

Trumpets and topiary

Under the shade of his gorgeous angels’ trumpets, some of Maya’s topiaries have filled in nicely. Joining the neatly trimmed geometric hedges now are a variety friendly green beasties.

Trumpeter amid trumpets

As seen in my earlier Maya garden post (click here), an even more vine-entwined trumpeter blasts a jaunty tune amidst the shrubbery.

Maya, who is modest to a fault, showed me some unfinished projects he’s working on … apologizing for their unfinished state, and explaining that it’s hard to find time to complete them. I shook my head knowingly, flashing on the five in-the-works projects waiting for me back at the Rancho. A man after my own heart, he has masses of discarded, and rescued items yet to be worked into his scheme, including some amazing structures. He’s invited me to come back at another time and I know I will … Our Lady’s too special not to visit again and again …